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it is the "full court press." your new progressive morning show on current tv and the only progressive morning show anywhere on cable television in this country. good to have you with us today and we are so happy to be with you to tackle the stories of the day. talk about them. give you our analysis from our answered get your comments from your end as to what it means to you and your family and where you think we ought to go from here. you can do that by giving us a call at 1-866-55-press. by following us on twitter at bpshow or on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. and then you can go in the chat room also. chat room is just a big conversation among listeners and watchers of the show. current tv or on progressive talk radio or on sirius x.m. nationwide kind of chat room. you can join by going to current.com and then clicking on the chat room. peter ogborn again off today. but dan henning filling in on many fronts here. >> good morning. >> bill: assisted by phil backert on phones and of course, cyprian bowlding
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georgia, 22%. louisiana, 22%. florida, 21%. this is a fifth of the public here doesn't have health insurance. so i guess in terms of how this plays out in the state house, i wonder if governors hold on to their seats once they reject something that would have a considerable human benefit. >> it will have a huge human benefit. it's not just the people who get health insurance. you know, there are hospitals in these states. today when people have no health insurance, they show up at the hospital and the hospitals have to treat them. and that cost at the hospital will bare it and pass it on to everyone else in the community. hospitals are looking at this and saying this is money that could help stabilize our finances so we don't have to charge everybody else so much money. i wouldn't be surprised if over the next few months, as the election is now passed, you hear more and more from hospitals if places like texas and oklahoma knocking on the door of the legislature saying, hey, what are you guys doing? this is a great deal for us.
georgia, 22%. louisiana, 22%. florida, 21%. this is a fifth of the public here doesn't have health insurance. so i guess in terms of how this plays out in the state house, i wonder if governors hold on to their seats once they reject something that would have a considerable human benefit. >> it will have a huge human benefit. it's not just the people who get health insurance. you know, there are hospitals in these states. today when people have no health insurance, they show up at the...
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the fact that congress didn't just close its eyes and push a button and pass this thing, there were 22 hearings. they knew exactly what they were doing. the members of congress, of both parties, knew that this was a monument of american law. this was not just the democrats. this was starting with dirksen when they first passed it and bob dole and congressman sensen brenner. this is not in the past these voting issues have been american iss issues. they haven't been left/right issues. >> nor should they be. >> what would it say about the court if the court does away with section 5 after we've gone through the recent vote as steve was saying it passed overwhelmingly in both houses, with bipartisan votes? >> i think you have some kind of mutiny. you even look at what the voter i.d. laws did in terms of turnout. a lot to be analyzed and certainly we're still sifting through the data but the atlantic's andrew cohen last wednesday writes if there's one thing this election has proven, one thing i have come to know, americans don't like it when their right to vote is threatened. the very peopl
the fact that congress didn't just close its eyes and push a button and pass this thing, there were 22 hearings. they knew exactly what they were doing. the members of congress, of both parties, knew that this was a monument of american law. this was not just the democrats. this was starting with dirksen when they first passed it and bob dole and congressman sensen brenner. this is not in the past these voting issues have been american iss issues. they haven't been left/right issues. >>...
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first one starts here at federal court. and go over to dc superior court. in that case, he faces a maximum of 6 months in prison. back to you. >> thank you. >> now, two other big court cases we're following today. first, a plea hearing for the east coast rapist. today in prince william county, erin thomas will please guilty to abducting three teenage girls and raping two of them. >> opening statements began today in the murder trial of alexis simpson. she's accused of stabbing her roommate to death over an argument over loud music. >> and 7 minutes after 8:00 now. time for a check on today's other top stories. >> good morning again. >> we begin in the district where in just a few hours from now, school's chancellor will announce which city schools she is recommending to close or consolidate. second time the city has cut the number of schools they oversee. public hearing this thursday about that issue. also today, dc's fire chief will announce a plan to change the paramedic schedule. off the overnight shift and redistricted during busier times of the day. cr
first one starts here at federal court. and go over to dc superior court. in that case, he faces a maximum of 6 months in prison. back to you. >> thank you. >> now, two other big court cases we're following today. first, a plea hearing for the east coast rapist. today in prince william county, erin thomas will please guilty to abducting three teenage girls and raping two of them. >> opening statements began today in the murder trial of alexis simpson. she's accused of stabbing...
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bush won 22% more of the vote in 2004 than he won in 2000 in part by upping, not entirely but the hispanic vote went up 10% or 30% based on his base. he was someone who spoke. he didn't get 27% which is what romney got. obviously if romney had got ebb 40% of the hispanic vote he would have won the election. >> and pigs would have begun flying. >> eight years earlier, it's not some miracle or mystery how. he liked them. he spoke spanish. talked about comprehensive immigration reform. he was not hostile. he was not ugly spirited. and he was somebody who had a record in previous -- in his governorship of being open and inclusive and admiring of the power of immigration. something happened in the republican party. a semipsychotic break in 2005 for reasons i don't entirely understand. it's been destructive. it has been almost a destructive force. you cannot name a single congressional canndidate who ha benefited from being a harsh immigration restrictionist. not one except for maybe the sheriff in one local race. congressman ran on it in '96, 2004, 2006 and lost. >> so much of this starts at th
bush won 22% more of the vote in 2004 than he won in 2000 in part by upping, not entirely but the hispanic vote went up 10% or 30% based on his base. he was someone who spoke. he didn't get 27% which is what romney got. obviously if romney had got ebb 40% of the hispanic vote he would have won the election. >> and pigs would have begun flying. >> eight years earlier, it's not some miracle or mystery how. he liked them. he spoke spanish. talked about comprehensive immigration reform....
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makes the steal, cruises in for two of his 17. 58-22 in the paint. so david lee moves on and nice little spin there with 18 points, 13 rebounds. and harrison barns, driving and finishing. barnes scored 18. they take their 5-four record to oklahoma city for a sunday afternoon contest. >>> 49ers head coach jim harbaugh was upbeat and back to work today. he even joked that he has to pay a team fine for being late to yesterday's practice. now the 48-year-old coach said he's dealt with an irregular heartbeat for several years now. and while jim may need to reevaluate his diet and caffeine consumption, harbaugh still loves football coach. >> doctor said you need to go in and you need to get this done. this procedure done. so yeah you know you're not going to be stubborn like a mule. i have to be preparing for this ball game. i'm fine, fine and ready to go to work. >>> toronto and former giant's outfielder cabrera have agreed to a two year contract. it's not clear which player they bought, the pretestosterone milky or a posttestosterone milky. milky was fin
makes the steal, cruises in for two of his 17. 58-22 in the paint. so david lee moves on and nice little spin there with 18 points, 13 rebounds. and harrison barns, driving and finishing. barnes scored 18. they take their 5-four record to oklahoma city for a sunday afternoon contest. >>> 49ers head coach jim harbaugh was upbeat and back to work today. he even joked that he has to pay a team fine for being late to yesterday's practice. now the 48-year-old coach said he's dealt with an...
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makes the steal, cruises in for two of his 17. 58-22 in the paint. so david lee moves on and nice little spin there with 18 points, 13 rebounds. and harrison barns, driving and finishing. barnes scored 18. they take their 5-four record to oklahoma city for a sunday afternoon contest. >>> 49ers head coach jim harbaugh was upbeat and back to work today. he even joked that he has to pay a team fine for being late to yesterday's practice. now the 48-year-old coach said he's dealt with an irregular heartbeat for several years now. and while jim may need to reevaluate his diet and caffeine consumption, harbaugh still loves football coach. >> doctor said you need to go in and you need to get this done. this procedure done. so yeah you know you're not going to be stubborn like a mule. i have to be preparing for this ball game. i'm fine, fine and ready to go to work. >>> toronto and former giant's outfielder cabrera have agreed to a two year contract. it's not clear which player they bought, the pretestosterone milky or a posttestosterone milky. milky was fin
makes the steal, cruises in for two of his 17. 58-22 in the paint. so david lee moves on and nice little spin there with 18 points, 13 rebounds. and harrison barns, driving and finishing. barnes scored 18. they take their 5-four record to oklahoma city for a sunday afternoon contest. >>> 49ers head coach jim harbaugh was upbeat and back to work today. he even joked that he has to pay a team fine for being late to yesterday's practice. now the 48-year-old coach said he's dealt with an...
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go ahead boehner yap yap yap, yap. six weeks from now i win on almost every issue if i do nothing. they're going to buckle. i won't say that i won't negotiate. those things are on the table. the incomes tax is not on the table. also on the table. estate tax. it's slated to go up to 39%. it's at 35%. then you have carried interest and corporation taxes. why in the world are we talking about cutting corporate taxes. i'll go in the option opposite direction. i'll take away loopholes. we're not going to give you what you want. i won you lost. how about spending cuts to tax increases. president obama keeps saying i want to do $3 of spending cut for every $1 in tax increases. that was before the election. if i'm president obama i say here is the new formula. now we're going to do $1 in spending cuts for every $3 in tax increases. you know why? i won. you lost. if you like we can do it again in 2014. would i settle for 2-for-20? i would settle for that. but i wouldn't go 3-to-1 against me. who would do that numbers that, unless you want to move. 3-to-1 against yourself is not a balanced a
go ahead boehner yap yap yap, yap. six weeks from now i win on almost every issue if i do nothing. they're going to buckle. i won't say that i won't negotiate. those things are on the table. the incomes tax is not on the table. also on the table. estate tax. it's slated to go up to 39%. it's at 35%. then you have carried interest and corporation taxes. why in the world are we talking about cutting corporate taxes. i'll go in the option opposite direction. i'll take away loopholes. we're not...
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>> i think the challenge for boehner. it will be a test for john boehner's leadership to find the votes within his caucus, to meet the president and others halfway. he has got to come halfway. certainly the president has got to come halfway. that's what this is about. >> eliot: i agree with you. the president has already gone halfway. i think they'll end up meeting his number. winning in politics brings consequences. new orleans mayor marc moriel. thank you for coming on the program. i'm joined by the one and only congressman barney frank. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. for >> eliot: for all the good well and happy talk is there a deal being framed up right now? >> i don't know. i hope there is. we've known there was substantively, but politically there has to be republicans who understand that sticking with this deficit reduction coming out of domestic programs, and you expand military spending, and you don't increase tax on the wealthy clearly the election said that's not the right way to go
>> i think the challenge for boehner. it will be a test for john boehner's leadership to find the votes within his caucus, to meet the president and others halfway. he has got to come halfway. certainly the president has got to come halfway. that's what this is about. >> eliot: i agree with you. the president has already gone halfway. i think they'll end up meeting his number. winning in politics brings consequences. new orleans mayor marc moriel. thank you for coming on the...
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this is what happened when the press--she'll get paparazzi soon enough but the press at her door step. let's see c 10. >> the license plate on kelley's mercedes ben shows that she's an honor council for south korea. and she told dispatcher that she needed protection from the media because that have. >> because i'm honor council general oh so i have invite, they should not be able to cross the property. >> cenk: so, ken if i throw lavish parties for generals can i be a consul from south korea or whatever she was? >> with a special license plate perhaps. she has that honorary distinction, that's true, but it doesn't give her any privileges in terms of her house. it's so remarkable that this brilliant scholar david sirota was socializing with these people with his wife, and they were considered close friends according to people close to them. >> cenk: that part i don't find remarkable. money solves a lot of problems. if you throw a fancy party you get to socialize with whoever you want. that's how this country works. thanks ken. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> cenk: john al
this is what happened when the press--she'll get paparazzi soon enough but the press at her door step. let's see c 10. >> the license plate on kelley's mercedes ben shows that she's an honor council for south korea. and she told dispatcher that she needed protection from the media because that have. >> because i'm honor council general oh so i have invite, they should not be able to cross the property. >> cenk: so, ken if i throw lavish parties for generals can i be a consul...
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speaker john boehner had a press conference in which he said he was hopeful finding some common ground with the president. here is what he said. >> there is a lot of issues on the table that have to be resolved by the end of the year. and i think i have laid out a reasonable framework where both parties can work together. and i'm looking forward to going down to the white house on friday and beginning that conversation. >> behind closed doors though speaker of the house told congressional members to prepare for a long battle. as you mentioned, shep, the pedal really hits the metal on friday. that's when they sit down with congressional leaders and the president. >> he has been meeting with business executives today. >> 12 of them sitting down. big companies here. proctor and gamble, xerox, ibm. after the meeting, the ceo of xerox said hey, i think we are finding common ground here. i see movement. i think it's a positive meeting and see grounds for some kind of deal we will find positive. >> shepard: stocks down in a big way today. everything i hear investors are worried about the fisc
speaker john boehner had a press conference in which he said he was hopeful finding some common ground with the president. here is what he said. >> there is a lot of issues on the table that have to be resolved by the end of the year. and i think i have laid out a reasonable framework where both parties can work together. and i'm looking forward to going down to the white house on friday and beginning that conversation. >> behind closed doors though speaker of the house told...
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welcome to the "full court press." coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours, north, south east, west, coast-to-coast, from our studio on capitol hill. here on current tv. bringing you the news of the day and taking your calls and what do you say? it is now official. not even the supreme court could stop it this time. president obama has won the state of florida. that makes eight out of nine battleground states he won. that means he won the popular vote by three million. that means he won the electoral college as well. last tuesday's win is looking bigger and better than ever! give that man a mandate. all right. we'll get into that and a whole lot more here. first we take a little time out. let's find out what's going on, get the latest from lisa ferguson out in los angeles with today's current news update. good morning lisa. >> good morning, bill. hi everyone. central tennessee has a new saying after the president's re-election, once is a slip but twice is a sign. now that romney victory merchandis
welcome to the "full court press." coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours, north, south east, west, coast-to-coast, from our studio on capitol hill. here on current tv. bringing you the news of the day and taking your calls and what do you say? it is now official. not even the supreme court could stop it this time. president obama has won the state of florida. that makes eight out of nine battleground states he won. that means he won the popular vote by three...
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order to look at paula broadwell -- >> from the national security court. >> it was a regular court. it wasn't fisa. >> did they ever get a court order to go into general petraeus' e-mail account? >> he cooperated in that sense. >> going back to paula broadwell, i'm going to play a sound bite from her, october 26 at the university of denver, which is only going to make people on capitol hill wonder, well, maybe she did have some access to classified information, particularly on benghazi. listen to her claims here. >> i don't know if a lot of you heard this but the cia annex had actually taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner and they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to get these prisoners back, so it's still being vetted. >> all right. that sounded like a brand-new piece of news and information thrown out there and, of course -- >> i think it's unfair to assume anything here. we have to be very, very careful. she had so many different connections. she was moving and, in fact, the fbi established that the source of her -- the classified information suppo
order to look at paula broadwell -- >> from the national security court. >> it was a regular court. it wasn't fisa. >> did they ever get a court order to go into general petraeus' e-mail account? >> he cooperated in that sense. >> going back to paula broadwell, i'm going to play a sound bite from her, october 26 at the university of denver, which is only going to make people on capitol hill wonder, well, maybe she did have some access to classified information,...
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it is not operating from up here with big ads that just press people's buttons, it's operating in a way like the obama campaign did, it's going down on the ground and talking to people, it's labor intensive, but it's a way of growing. it's a way of persuading people. so, i think the republicans have gotten kind of bad at. >> paul: is it a way of saying at its simplest almost crass terms, we actually care about you, in a fundamental way, are republicans talking too much in abstractions we want to cut this tax or that tax or we have that grand reform idea without being able to connect it in some tangible way to voters lives? >> yeah, all of what you said, i think, is true, but it's also just this top down thing where we are communicating for you on high, through big buys of advertisements, that say things that are sometimes essentially now aimed to move you or get you mad, that's not how to talk to people. you've got to go down there and talk from the bottom up and also as jason riley said, make people welcome. let them know that they are welcome in this party. don't give this hectoring t
it is not operating from up here with big ads that just press people's buttons, it's operating in a way like the obama campaign did, it's going down on the ground and talking to people, it's labor intensive, but it's a way of growing. it's a way of persuading people. so, i think the republicans have gotten kind of bad at. >> paul: is it a way of saying at its simplest almost crass terms, we actually care about you, in a fundamental way, are republicans talking too much in abstractions we...
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is 22% a reasonable goal? that is one way of going about it. the other way is setting a numerical target for spending and taxation. on the tax side, it is easier. you can change the tax law. you cannot change, i do not think you can have a lot of control of spending for 10 years. >> there is an interesting issue in policy. it is extremely difficult to rescind entitlements to which people think they are legally entitled. as you are doing that, you are abrogating contracts of some form. there are all sorts of constituencies under every entitlement program which support it. the issue is taxes can always go up and down. there are not the same political pressures there. i think the issue is fundamentally spending. if we have to pay a high price in raising taxes temporarily in order to get spending down, i think that is a good deal. i do not think you can continuously keep this deficit open. if you raise taxes, we will turn the economy down. if the cost of getting out from under the problem is a moderate recession, i would say it is a cheap price. so
is 22% a reasonable goal? that is one way of going about it. the other way is setting a numerical target for spending and taxation. on the tax side, it is easier. you can change the tax law. you cannot change, i do not think you can have a lot of control of spending for 10 years. >> there is an interesting issue in policy. it is extremely difficult to rescind entitlements to which people think they are legally entitled. as you are doing that, you are abrogating contracts of some form....
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if we can pass pmtr we will double that to $22 billion by 2017. mr. speaker, it's a very, very important vote. we need to make sure it's successful this week and i'm gratified that it's going to be done in a bipartisan way. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady ask for unanimous consent? mrs. blackburn: yes, sir, i do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. blackburn: a little later the house will vote on the european union prohibition act, and this is a bill that's important to our civilian and civil aviation operators, and it would block them from participating in the european union emission trading scheme. now the reason this is important is because of this. according to bloomberg news, the inconcurrent resolution of the airline industry in the e.u.'s 2005 cap and trade program will cause u.s. airline compa
if we can pass pmtr we will double that to $22 billion by 2017. mr. speaker, it's a very, very important vote. we need to make sure it's successful this week and i'm gratified that it's going to be done in a bipartisan way. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady ask...
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this week the president is holding court with ally and opponents to discuss the upcoming fiscal cliff. yesterday, at a meeting with progressive leaders the president said he would not give in to republican demands to extend all of the bush tax cuts. today he will meet with business leaders. the discussions underscore the president's opposing constituencies, but according to new york magazine's jonathan chaits the president has to do what he want -- joining us now from washington, "new york" magazine columnist by god jonathan chait. hello, my friend. >> thank you. >> jonathan, so the president met with progressive leaders yesterday and i think gave them some welcome news. how does he handle the meeting with the business leaders today some. >> i wasn't there. they didn't invite me. i'm not a business leader. >> you think he has a clear -- i won't say mandate but the wind in his sails on this issue of raising taxes on top earners which may not find favor among the business community. what do you think he can say to them? seems like he's trying to at least put together asemblance of a coa
this week the president is holding court with ally and opponents to discuss the upcoming fiscal cliff. yesterday, at a meeting with progressive leaders the president said he would not give in to republican demands to extend all of the bush tax cuts. today he will meet with business leaders. the discussions underscore the president's opposing constituencies, but according to new york magazine's jonathan chaits the president has to do what he want -- joining us now from washington, "new...
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and that was thrown out in court as unconstitutional. but it was a year and a half later with all of those registrations not having been done. but then what they did, they constricted the number of early voting places, constricted the number of early voting days, constricted the number of early voting hours. and what do you think was the result? it's what you've seen on tv. the long, long lines. i want to read to you the passage from the "miami herald" november 6. quote -- "when the polls officially closed at 7:00 p.m. hundreds of people were waiting to cast ballots at precincts around florida in an election that was marked by long lines and the occasional snafu. even after the networks called the race for the president, people in south florida remained in line, from hialeh, to country walk and to brickel, people waited as long as seven hours to vote. in broward county voting at some presinks came to a halt when the ballots ran out. this is the result of the voting suppression by lessening the number of early-voting days. and when this s
and that was thrown out in court as unconstitutional. but it was a year and a half later with all of those registrations not having been done. but then what they did, they constricted the number of early voting places, constricted the number of early voting days, constricted the number of early voting hours. and what do you think was the result? it's what you've seen on tv. the long, long lines. i want to read to you the passage from the "miami herald" november 6. quote -- "when...
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we brought it to you when it went all the way to the supreme court. >> it's been a 13-year battle, and a lot of ups and downs. we've been told it has to come down, and we cried over that, and then we heard, oh, no, it can stay. we're just so happy to have it resolved finally. >> this country has a special place, a special place in their heart for veterans, for their sacrifice. and this cross is something special, and it's sacred round. shannon: the one-acre site has been turned over to the private hands to the veterans of foreign wars and a big thanks to our vet anns -- veterans today as we celebrate on monday. >>> things can get tense at 200 miles an hour as nascar drivers battle it out. but a little bit of road rage led led to fist flying off the track. they're clearing the benches! >> reporter: this thing was crazy. it went from trading paint to trading blows very quickly. it was supposed to be the last lap at the phoenix international speedway. look what happened? you have jeff gordon and clint boyier who, by the way, have been making contact all season long. you see number 15, 24?
we brought it to you when it went all the way to the supreme court. >> it's been a 13-year battle, and a lot of ups and downs. we've been told it has to come down, and we cried over that, and then we heard, oh, no, it can stay. we're just so happy to have it resolved finally. >> this country has a special place, a special place in their heart for veterans, for their sacrifice. and this cross is something special, and it's sacred round. shannon: the one-acre site has been turned over...
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boehner appreciates that, dana. just looking at their body language sitting around the table, they're all smiling awkwardly and trying to get along, so hopefully as the morning progresses, you know, the talks will be cordial and arrive at some sort of conclusion. do you have any hopes an actual plan will be developed from this meeting? >> the bright lines over which neither side will cross will likely be established. the players have been very careful not to draw the bright lines in public, for example, the president now publicly at least has made clear that, yes, he promised during the campaign to raise those rates for those families making $250,000 or more but he is also in the next sentence said i am open if anybody has any other ideas to figuring out how to raise other tax revenue in order to achieve his goal which is deficit reduction, about a trillion dollars in deficit reduction. those kinds of lines and paramete parameters. >> dana bash, thank you so much. i know you're busy today. we appreciate you giving y
boehner appreciates that, dana. just looking at their body language sitting around the table, they're all smiling awkwardly and trying to get along, so hopefully as the morning progresses, you know, the talks will be cordial and arrive at some sort of conclusion. do you have any hopes an actual plan will be developed from this meeting? >> the bright lines over which neither side will cross will likely be established. the players have been very careful not to draw the bright lines in...
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and by that, trying to court some key electorates. and in this case, i mean latinos, because what we know from the demographic work of say the p punta gorda hispanic center, in the next two decades, the latino population will account for half of the growth in the american electorate. the republican party, in order to stay salient both at the national level and at the state and local level will have to expand its base, namely with latinos. of course also with women and independents. we can't forget about them. in 2012 we saw independents highly alienated. they cleaved a little toward romney. but by in large, they stayed home. they didn't go to the party. >> in an interview with abc news last week, house speaker john boehner said this about immigration reform. quote, while i believe it's important for us to secure our borders and enforce our laws, i think a comprehensive approach is long overdue and i'm confident myself, the president and others can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all. later he tried to ba
and by that, trying to court some key electorates. and in this case, i mean latinos, because what we know from the demographic work of say the p punta gorda hispanic center, in the next two decades, the latino population will account for half of the growth in the american electorate. the republican party, in order to stay salient both at the national level and at the state and local level will have to expand its base, namely with latinos. of course also with women and independents. we can't...
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and court records also show they didn't correct her son when the boy began to call her sister's husband "dad." of course, the judge ignored the general's silly letters, but the generals did not have the good judgment to know that their silly letters would be ignored by a judge. is david petraeus the first high ranking general to have an affair? general and president dwight eisenhower could tell you that no, he isn't. is david petraeus the first cia director to have an affair? surely he isn't. but what he is is a four-star general and a cia director who had the profoundly bad judgment to engage in the kind of affair that got wildly out of control and left hard drives full of proof of the affair. and so the petraeus affair is not about the sex. and i know when people say it's not about the sex, it is about the sex, but for me, it is not about the sex. i mean it. we should look at the petraeus affair as a useful window, perhaps not the only window, but a useful window into the man's judgment and everything we see through that window is a series of very reckless judgments. one good thing ab
and court records also show they didn't correct her son when the boy began to call her sister's husband "dad." of course, the judge ignored the general's silly letters, but the generals did not have the good judgment to know that their silly letters would be ignored by a judge. is david petraeus the first high ranking general to have an affair? general and president dwight eisenhower could tell you that no, he isn't. is david petraeus the first cia director to have an affair? surely...
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the american embassy takes a heartwarmingly aggressive approach to courting good will from the locals. in addition to the cardboard president at the famous sites of thailand feature, they have lots of pictures of dogs, which they use to explain dog-related idioms. so this one is accompanied by an explanation of the phrase, dog eared. this one explains what dog tired means. this one explains what sick as a dog means. so we wish the fine folks at the u.s. embassy in bangkok congratulations on their presidential visit and their
the american embassy takes a heartwarmingly aggressive approach to courting good will from the locals. in addition to the cardboard president at the famous sites of thailand feature, they have lots of pictures of dogs, which they use to explain dog-related idioms. so this one is accompanied by an explanation of the phrase, dog eared. this one explains what dog tired means. this one explains what sick as a dog means. so we wish the fine folks at the u.s. embassy in bangkok congratulations on...
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(vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. >> hostess brands is an 82-year-old business and has 18,000 workers and say they are shuttering everything down and will go into bankrupt. there goes twinkies, snow balls and ho-hos. they were named at a awe different time. i don't think anybody would go with that today. >> file aid motion with u.s. bankruptcy court to closey doors for good, liquidating its assets and selling off the brand. the company say its does not have the resources to whether the strike. others say if that you are low on dough they should find other ways to custthe cost. >> we are not greedy union workers. we all have family here and mortgage and car payments, everything. >> and one of the heads of the union on strike said, quote. let's open it up you to everybody. so, we looked into it, they are owned by private equity firm. that does not mean that's it, but often time what they do is load up a company with debt and the reason they do that is take the money out and put the money in their p
(vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. >> hostess brands is an 82-year-old business and has 18,000 workers and say they are shuttering everything down and will go into bankrupt. there goes twinkies, snow balls and ho-hos. they were named at a awe different time. i don't think anybody would go with that today. >> file aid motion with u.s. bankruptcy court to closey doors for good, liquidating its assets and selling off the brand. the...
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they said that in their press release today. number three, a lot of their lots are still mothballed at this point. you can't grow as much as other builders on relative basis and can't get there in valuation. >> as far as horton is concerned, as we approach the $25 price target that you have, that's the buy recommendation in the wake of the results, what are your thoughts? are you mindful to raise that price target moving forward? do you think on strong gains we've had almost doubling in value that it is topping out? what's the guidance, if you like? >> there's valuation support here. horton is trading six times my normalized earnings estimate. builders trade around seven to eight times range on mid cycle basis. value in deferred tax asset. there's room for upside. i can't discuss my target directly in terms of thinking about that but horton has wings. >> is that your top pick? >> that's my only buy in the builder space given the run we've had. >> will, thank you for your time. interesting. >> thank you. >> a new report says u.s.
they said that in their press release today. number three, a lot of their lots are still mothballed at this point. you can't grow as much as other builders on relative basis and can't get there in valuation. >> as far as horton is concerned, as we approach the $25 price target that you have, that's the buy recommendation in the wake of the results, what are your thoughts? are you mindful to raise that price target moving forward? do you think on strong gains we've had almost doubling in...
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bankruptcy court to closey doors for good liquidating its assets and selling off the brand. the company say its does not have the resources to whether the strike. others say if that you are low on dough they should find other ways to custthe cost. >> we are not greedy union workers. we all have family here and mortgage and car payments, everything. >> and one of the heads of the union on strike said quote. let's open it up you to everybody. so, we looked into it, they are owned by private equity firm. that does not mean that's it, but often time what they do is load up a company with debt and the reason they do that is take the money out and put the money in their pocket. bane capital did this and companys are in good shape. and come out of bankrupty perfectly profitable. even the reinstruct aring guy said we didn't make enough capital investments. why? because you had too much debt. what do they do? they blame the workers. >> that's the worst part of the story. right now they are using the unions -- >> it's the snack cakes are going away. >> i disagree with that a little bu
bankruptcy court to closey doors for good liquidating its assets and selling off the brand. the company say its does not have the resources to whether the strike. others say if that you are low on dough they should find other ways to custthe cost. >> we are not greedy union workers. we all have family here and mortgage and car payments, everything. >> and one of the heads of the union on strike said quote. let's open it up you to everybody. so, we looked into it, they are owned by...
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the american embassy takes a heartwarmingly aggressive approach to courting good will from the locals. in addition to the cardboard president at the famous sites of thailand feature, they have lots of pictures of dogs, which they use to explain dog-related idioms. so this one is accompanied by an explanation of the phrase, dog eared. this one explains what dog tired means. this one explains what sick as a dog means. so we wish the fine folks at the u.s. embassy in bangkok congratulations on their presidential visit and tir
the american embassy takes a heartwarmingly aggressive approach to courting good will from the locals. in addition to the cardboard president at the famous sites of thailand feature, they have lots of pictures of dogs, which they use to explain dog-related idioms. so this one is accompanied by an explanation of the phrase, dog eared. this one explains what dog tired means. this one explains what sick as a dog means. so we wish the fine folks at the u.s. embassy in bangkok congratulations on...
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the american embassy takes a heartwarmingly aggressive approach to courting good will from the locals. in addition to the cardboard president at the famous sites of thailand feature, they have lots of pictures of dogs, which they use to explain dog-related
the american embassy takes a heartwarmingly aggressive approach to courting good will from the locals. in addition to the cardboard president at the famous sites of thailand feature, they have lots of pictures of dogs, which they use to explain dog-related
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the staff director told me to call from press about this. i called david petraeus. as a matter of fact, i had had an appointment with him at 3:00 that afternoon. that was canceled and so then when these questions came up i obviously took action myself to try to find out and then informed my vice-chairman and i talked to the director twice. this is very hard stuff. >> are you going to investigate why the fbi didn't notify you before? >> yes, absolutely. this is something that could have had an effect on national security. i think we should have been told. there is a way to do it and that is just to inform the chair and the vice-chairman of both committees to -- this has happened before not with precise same things but none of the four of us have ever breached that confidentiality. >> let me ask you, you raise the hearings, and we are going to get into that in a moment but petraeus was supposed to testify in a closed hearing your committee will hold on thursday about the attack on benghazi. now because petraeus has stepped down his deputy now acting directory placemen
the staff director told me to call from press about this. i called david petraeus. as a matter of fact, i had had an appointment with him at 3:00 that afternoon. that was canceled and so then when these questions came up i obviously took action myself to try to find out and then informed my vice-chairman and i talked to the director twice. this is very hard stuff. >> are you going to investigate why the fbi didn't notify you before? >> yes, absolutely. this is something that could...
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>> my views don't have a press conference. john boehner shouldn't have a press conference. get john boehner at a small group of congressman together and say what can we work out? all we're doing is playing politics, everybody will get locked into one position or another, let's see what we can work out and then announce it is something we have agreed upon. that is the way you do it, instead you'rsteadier quebec thy politics that didn't produce what we needed to have. neil: what worries me is this hope is dashed. >> they should have put together a bipartisan group, all they're doing is put on defensive by the self-interest groups they are meeting with. does not make much sense. neil: they made it very clear, nothing from us. and he owes them, right? >> they got him reelected. neil: time is urgent, time to say time is wasting. >> who didn't have to completely ignore the political thank you, but if you sttrted off and have a couple of meetings with the leaders of the democrats in the house and the republicans in the house and in the senate, and do it on a bipartisan basis. the
>> my views don't have a press conference. john boehner shouldn't have a press conference. get john boehner at a small group of congressman together and say what can we work out? all we're doing is playing politics, everybody will get locked into one position or another, let's see what we can work out and then announce it is something we have agreed upon. that is the way you do it, instead you'rsteadier quebec thy politics that didn't produce what we needed to have. neil: what worries me...
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. >> reporter: but john boehner has ball clubbed at that idea. it would take away his party's leverage in calf issues. >> there's a lot of issues on the table that need to be resolved. i laid out a reasonable framework where both parties can work together and i'm looking forward to meet at the white house on friday and begin that conversation. >> reporter: boehner and other top republicans have proposed eliminating deductions and loopholes that benefit the wealthy instead of raising their tax rates. >> we're not going to hurt our economy and make job creation more difficult, which is exactly what that plan would do. >> reporter: today the president argued closing loopholes alone won't do enough to cut the deficit. they will have that argument face to face with boehner on friday. >> one of the most frequent criticisms we've heard over the past few years from members on both side is that you haven't done enough to reach out and build relationships. are there concrete ways that you plan to approach your relationships with congress in the second term
. >> reporter: but john boehner has ball clubbed at that idea. it would take away his party's leverage in calf issues. >> there's a lot of issues on the table that need to be resolved. i laid out a reasonable framework where both parties can work together and i'm looking forward to meet at the white house on friday and begin that conversation. >> reporter: boehner and other top republicans have proposed eliminating deductions and loopholes that benefit the wealthy instead of...
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will president obama and house speaker john boehner be able to get close to some court of agreement on taxes and spending, or will the u.s. economy go over, oh, boy, that so-called fiscal cliff? hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios why? because i'm gonna make the call to switch to a new medicare prescription drug plan. i want a plan that covers the medications i take. and i want getting my medications to be convenient. and i want low copays. really low copays. [ male announcer ] choose an aarp medicarerx plan from unitedhealthcare. unitedhealthcare understands your needs. that's why when you switch you'll say hello to savings... hello to value... hello to a part d plan that's there for you. enroll right over the phone or call now for your free information kit. it includes this guide to part d and aarp medicarerx plans. i can choose a plan with no deductible or low monthly premiums. either way, i can use my savings for other, better things. oh yeah, my
will president obama and house speaker john boehner be able to get close to some court of agreement on taxes and spending, or will the u.s. economy go over, oh, boy, that so-called fiscal cliff? hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios why? because i'm gonna make the call to switch to a new medicare prescription drug plan. i want a plan that covers the medications...
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77 percent said it will increase investment jerry 22% say the same. 0 say it would decrease. a tremendous pent-up demand for some sort of resolution. let's go to the third question. are you optimistic or not optimistic about your business prospects over the next year? 1 is optimistic, 2 is not optimistic. senator, all we talked on the phone. you are optimistic there will be a resolution of this. i wonder if you could give us your sense of what would that look like? what constituent parts, what sort of revenue increases and what form? i'm speaking for myself. not as part of any of the group's i have been part of, whether it is bulls simpson or group of six or group of eight. at the end of the day here, we will be in the range of a $5 trillion pacas. i hope we are. i think we are going to have -- we will look back on what has already been done and factor that in. what has been done so far has been on the discretionary spending side of the equation which is less than 20% of the overall budget. so it is critically important we move to entitlements, reforming entitlements, and the
77 percent said it will increase investment jerry 22% say the same. 0 say it would decrease. a tremendous pent-up demand for some sort of resolution. let's go to the third question. are you optimistic or not optimistic about your business prospects over the next year? 1 is optimistic, 2 is not optimistic. senator, all we talked on the phone. you are optimistic there will be a resolution of this. i wonder if you could give us your sense of what would that look like? what constituent parts, what...
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how is it possible that the white house press corp. or other reporters accept an off the record anonymous briefing from the department of defense on a time line like that, but on the record, everyone else in the administration saying that there is no problems here. >> gretchen: the interesting thing about the petraeus story is the press will probably cover the libya story because of the salty petraeus element. so maybe some of those questions will be asked. let me ask you this, should general david petraeus testify next week? >> yes, i think he should. and i think that president obama should have asked him to do so. >> gretchen: will he? >> will he? i don't know. >> steve: he's a patriot. >> that's amazing. i think he would think just from having gotten to know him a little bit, i do think he would believe it would be the rye thing to do to testify. and so maybe he will go ahead and do that. i'm sure he's trying right now to take care of his wife, which is the right thing to do. but he also has an obligation to the nation. >> brian: th
how is it possible that the white house press corp. or other reporters accept an off the record anonymous briefing from the department of defense on a time line like that, but on the record, everyone else in the administration saying that there is no problems here. >> gretchen: the interesting thing about the petraeus story is the press will probably cover the libya story because of the salty petraeus element. so maybe some of those questions will be asked. let me ask you this, should...
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boehner. wasn't he tried to get everybody paid off. >> stephanie: from the tobacco companies. >> caller: from the cigarette companies, i mean for years. i've watched politics for years and i mean it was always like a joke two and three years ago always drunk all the time. >> well, yeah. >> caller: you know, a political joke. i've heard people say that. i just want to make a comment. i was watching david schuster the last show, and i can't--i just want to make a comment because i've watched him for years, too. my friend have sisters in college, and i guess he's really popular in dorms. >> stephanie: he's dreamy. >> caller: in dorm rooms. people have pictures of him in their dorm rooms. >> stephanie: really? i can't wait to tease him about that. >> caller: politics, i'm just a housewife, and i hear stories about college but we're not there. >> stephanie: he's like a political geek liker beat. >> like shawn cassidy of the political world. >> caller: they were talking about religion on the last sh
boehner. wasn't he tried to get everybody paid off. >> stephanie: from the tobacco companies. >> caller: from the cigarette companies, i mean for years. i've watched politics for years and i mean it was always like a joke two and three years ago always drunk all the time. >> well, yeah. >> caller: you know, a political joke. i've heard people say that. i just want to make a comment. i was watching david schuster the last show, and i can't--i just want to make a comment...
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there's several federal judges, including famously an appeals court judge to sit on the appeals court in boston who has been back, he's in portland, and he's been backed by both republican senators became as part of they call, what difficult? the thurman road which was -- >> the thurman leahy rule. spent the person to look to for some guidance here is a interesting, the senator-elect from maine. who was governor as an independent. you probably all know this by now but is coming to washington, claiming that he is his party installation, his party a lime is up for grabs. his initial request was that he would align with whichever party agreed to push for a essentially a doing away with the current filibuster rules. harry reid has made clear he's not going to go that far but we still think angus king will end up combining with the democrats. he did after all endorsed obama. >> and he said yesterday that he had several conversations with him in the past 24 hours. >> and the best he could do was get a phone call from bob corker. sounds like only one side is courting him. but the point being
there's several federal judges, including famously an appeals court judge to sit on the appeals court in boston who has been back, he's in portland, and he's been backed by both republican senators became as part of they call, what difficult? the thurman road which was -- >> the thurman leahy rule. spent the person to look to for some guidance here is a interesting, the senator-elect from maine. who was governor as an independent. you probably all know this by now but is coming to...